Oil: A Concise Guide to the Most Important Product on Earth
by Matthew Yeomans

Description:
Matthew Yeomans begins his investigation by trying to spend a day without oil—only to stumble before exiting the bathroom (petroleum products play a role in shampoo, shaving cream, deodorant, and contact lenses).

When Oil was first published, it was quickly recognized as the wittiest and most accessible guide to the product that drives the economy and undergirds global conflict.

Illustrated with maps and graphics—and now with an all-new afterword—Oil contains a brief history of gasoline, an analysis of the American consumer’s love affair with the automobile, and a political anatomy of the global oil industry, including its troubled relationship with oil-rich but democracy-poor countries.